Saturday, 3 August 2013
Sydney, Aug 4 (Newswire): To some, Hicks is a totem for the injustice and excess of the Bush administration's "war on terror". Should David Hicks be allowed to profit from his memoir, Guantanamo: My Journey?The...
Marine aviator in Afghanistan receives second star
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Camp Leatherneck, Aug 4 (Newswire): The commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) pinned on his second star in a ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.Newly promoted Maj. Gen. Glenn...
Deployed soldier invents bomb-foiling device
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Pasab, Aug 4 (Newswire): The Taliban will use just about anything to hide bombs, and a perfect spot is a culvert underneath a road.Now many of the culverts near this base in Kandahar province are no longer...
Tropical storm Emily on path toward Haiti
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Port-Au-Prince, Aug 4 (Newswire): Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and headed toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last...
Muslims are loyal to US and hopeful, poll finds
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Washington, Aug 4 (Newswire): Nine out of 10 Muslim Americans said that their co-religionists in the United States were not sympathetic to Al Qaeda, the group held responsible for the 2001 attacks. Majorities...
Independent women lead social change in Japan
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Niigata, Aug 4 (Newswire): Onstage in front of about 5,000 ecstatic fans, Nic Endo unleashes a torrent of beats and shouts to help Japanese vent their feelings about their recent disasters."We need to...
Keep the windows and sunroofs closed in Bearizona
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Bearizona, Aug 4 (Newswire): About an hour's drive south of the Grand Canyon, Bearizona is one of those drive-through wilderness parks that are a step up from a zoo but far removed from the actual wild....
US seeks pressure on Syria, but options are few
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Washington, Aug 4 (Newswire): The Obama administration is facing intensifying calls to punish Syria more forcefully for its bloody crackdown on protests, but officials say that without broader international...
Cubans set for big change: right to buy homes
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Havana, Aug 4 (Newswire): José is an eager almost-entrepreneur with big plans for Cuban real estate. Right now he works illegally on trades, linking up families who want to swap homes and pay a little...
More evidence that supply matters
Saturday, 3 August 2013
New York, Aug 4 (Newswire): The supply of various types of workers has increased during the recession, continuing an earlier trend. That such trends continue to be associated with trends for employment...
A few accounting essentials can spell survival
Saturday, 3 August 2013
New York, Aug 4 (Newswire): Few people start a business because they are good with numbers. In fact, the terms "accounting" and "financial analysis" tend to put business owners to sleep or send them screaming...
Ex-directors of failed firms have little to fear
Saturday, 3 August 2013
New York, Aug 4 (Newswire): Do the former directors of the institutions that collapsed during the financial crisis have anything to worry about? If the experience of Enron is any example, the answer is...
KKR 2nd-quarter earnings fall 25%
Saturday, 3 August 2013
New York, Aug 4 (Newswire): Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has said that its second-quarter profit fell 25 percent as growth slowed in its main investment businesses.The private equity giant reported $245.3...
Switzerland takes surprise action to weaken the franc
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Geneva, Aug 4 (Newswire): Switzerland's central bank moved unexpectedly Wednesday to ease the pressure on the Swiss economy caused by the super-strong franc, which has soared to record highs as debt crises...
Russia becomes a magnet for US fast-food chains
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Moscow, Aug 4 (Newswire): Earlier in his career, Christopher Wynne put his Russian expertise to work researching arms proliferation for the American government. Now he's engaged in geopolitics of...
Sinthan-Kishtwar Road: Forgotten link to paradise
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Kishtwar, Aug 4 (Newswire): There is something that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have focused their attention on: completion of the 83 kms long Kishtwar- Sinthan Top road—connecting Kashmir with Doda...
Doctors confirm torture marks
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Srinagar, Aug 4 (Newswire): The inquiry officer probing the custodial killing of a youth in north Kashmir's Sopore town recorded statements of medicos who conducted autopsy on the body. The medicos have...
New research might help people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 4 (Newswire): The discovery of a mechanism in the brain explains for the first time why people make particularly strong, long-lasting memories of stressful events in their lives and could...
Artificial nanoparticles influence heart rate and rhythm
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 4 (Newswire): Artificial nanoparticles are becoming increasingly pervasive in modern life. However, their influence on our health and the mechanisms by which they affect the human body...
Mechanism of sculpting the plasma membrane of intestinal cells identified
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Islamabad, Aug 4 (Newswire): The research group of Professor Pekka Lappalainen at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, has identified a previously unknown mechanism which modifies the...
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